Commewijne River
Commewijne River is a river in northern Suriname. It originates in the jungle 100 or more miles southeast of Paraibo and meanders northwest until it receives the meandering Cottica River from the east and then runs west until it joins the north-flowing Suriname River estuary at Nieuw Amsterdam about 10 miles below Paraíba.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Suriname
- Also known as: “Commewijne Kreek”, “Commewyne River”, and “De Commwijne”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam.
Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam
Photo: Jakob van der Schley, Public domain.
Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam is a fort in Suriname built from 1734 to 1747 at the confluence of the Suriname and Commewijne rivers. It is open to the public as an open-air museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nieuw Amsterdam and Noord.
Nieuw Amsterdam
Village
Nieuw Amsterdam is the capital of the Commewijne District in Suriname. It is a small coastal town situated at the confluence of the Suriname River and Commewijne River, just across from Paramaribo, the country's capital.
Noord
Town
Noord is a resort in Suriname, located in the Para District. Its population at the 2012 census was 9,703. Noord is mainly an agricultural area, and has a school. Noord is situated 5 km southwest of Commewijne River.
Mariënburg
Hamlet
Photo: Gonggrijp, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mariënburg is a former sugarcane plantation, factory and village, situated in the district of Commewijne, in northern Suriname. Mariënburg is situated 6 km east of Commewijne River.
Commewijne River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Commewijne District, Suriname, South America
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Commewijne River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Commewijne”
- Cebuano: “Commewijne Rivier”
- Dutch: “Commewijne”
- Dutch: “Commewijnerivier”
- Dutch: “Crommewijne”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كوميويچن”
- German: “Commewijne”
- Italian: “Commewijne”
- Japanese: “コメウィネ川”
- Japanese: “コメウィン川”
- Lithuanian: “Komeveinas”
- Lithuanian: “Komeveinė”
- Polish: “Commewijne (rzeka)”
- Polish: “Commewijne”
- Portuguese: “Commewijne (rio)”
- Portuguese: “Commewijne”
- Russian: “Коммевейне”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Commewijne (rijeka)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Commewijne”
- Spanish: “Rio Commewijne”
- Spanish: “Río Commewijne”
- Sranan Tongo: “Kawina-liba”
- Ukrainian: “Коммевейне”
- Welsh: “Afon Commewijne”
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